On Christmas Eve 1944, deep in the snowbound Ardennes, a small hut becomes the setting for an extraordinary act of courage and humanity.

A German mother, her twelve-year-old son, three lost American soldiers and four exhausted Wehrmacht troops share one room, one meal, and one unspoken decision: tonight, there will be no killing.

In this episode, Truce in the Forest, we follow the memories of Fritz Finken, the boy who witnessed enemies lay down their weapons, share soup, wine and cigarettes, pray together and then part as comrades. It is a quiet story set against the thunder of the Battle of the Bulge – a fragile Christmas miracle in the middle of a brutal war.

This is not a tale of generals and grand strategy, but of ordinary people choosing peace for a single winter night.

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